This twelvemonth , items belong to Academy Award - winning actress and flair icon Elizabeth Taylor are hit theauctioncircuit in a big way . Pieces from her estate will be usable for bidding in not one but two separate outcome .
Guernsey’sis hosting the first on August 6 in New York City ’s Pierre Hotel , where Taylor lived with married man Eddie Fisher ( after he left his old wife , Debbie Reynolds ) . The collection let in Taylor ’s 1960 Rolls Royce , nicknamed the “ Green Goddess ” for its color , which she purchase soon after her hymeneals to Fisher and keep even after she left him for Richard Burton . The two other items are from later on in Taylor ’s career : a pallid pink satin evening clutch with a rhombus rhinestone outer boundary contrive by Christian Louboutin around 2000 , and a Gianni Versace green silk evening dress with myopic sleeves and a front bow , which go steady from the 1990s .
Julien ’s Auctionsis collaborating with House of Taylor , the company who supervise Taylor ’s land for the 2d case , which acquire place from December 6 through 8 at the Standard Oil Building in Beverly Hills . The appeal features piece by much every major designer — Dior , Gucci , Oscar de la Renta , Valentino , Versace , Yves Saint Laurent , and more — as well as an raiment of jewelry , wig , art , and family item from her many residences across the humankind . Fashion highlights include Taylor ’s pale blue Edith Head - designed evening gown from the 1974 Academy Awards , a Panthera pardus - photographic print pantsuit worn in the 1970 filmThe Only Game in Town , a white flowered kaftan wear during a pic shoot with David Bowie , and a Versace leather biker jacket crown Taylor wore onThe Johnny Carson Show . There are also Pratesi bath linens , Cartier napkin annulus , monogrammed Stallion cowboy the boot , and silk Iranian carpet .
Before the December auction sale , the point will also be showcased on theQueen Mary 2 , the Cunard ocean lining sailing from Southampton , UK on October 18 and arriving in New York City on October 25 . Guest will have the opportunity to bid on prime item from the collection .
In gain to her herald public presentation in Hollywood classics like 1958’sCat on a Hot Tin Roof , 1963’sCleopatra , and 1966’sWho ’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf , Taylor was also known for her impressive seven husband and a commitment to fighting the spread of AIDS — she founded The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in 1991 .
The items in both auctions reflect the look of Taylor , an picture who embodied the large - than - life soul of Hollywood for more than half a century . “ Taylor was a giant and the star of a lifespan who epitomized Hollywood glamour , beauty , and style in a direction like no other renown ever had before and that we may never see again , ” Darren Julien , president and CEO of Julien ’s Auctions , said in astatement .
